Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: pse-pd: pd692x0: Separate configuration parsing from hardware setup
From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Aug 29 2025 - 20:00:10 EST
On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:26:24 +0200 Kory Maincent wrote:
> > > I don't think so, as manager is declared like the following it should not.
> > > struct pd692x0_manager *manager __free(kfree) = NULL;
> >
> > Please consult documentation on the user of __free() within networking.
>
> Oh, I didn't know about this net policy.
> I didn't follow the maintainer-netdev doc changes. Maybe I should.
> Ok, I will add a patch to the series to remove the __free macro.
Up to you on existing code, but maybe avoid using it in the future?